Section: US & Canada

Ukraine has condemned as “destructive and provocative” Russia’s support for elections organized by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, saying Moscow’s stance could wreck chances for peace. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

Sunday’s elections produced a new-look legislature packed with pro-Western parties, giving them a mandate to enact a program of reform. Combating corruption has been a recurring theme in Ukrainian politics in recent months, but some worry whether rhetoric about cleaning up the justice system and police forces will be followed by action. THE...

Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of Russia’s state-controlled natural gas monopoly Gazprom, said on October 28 that it has challenged European Union sanctions against the firm in the EU’s Court of Justice. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

The world’s richest countries are the ones where the median wealth per person is the highest. This system ranks nations truly according to the most-representative person in each given nation — the person who is in the exact middle of that nation’s population in terms of per-person wealth. Consequently, for example, if a Bill...

Three and half months after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, Dutch prosecutors investigating the tragedy now believe the aircraft may have been shot down by another aircraft, according to a senior prosecutor in a German media interview. …read more Source: International Business...

Fears of Russia re-asserting its Cold War dominance in the Baltic Sea are forcing countries there to re-think their defenses, prioritizing military spending at home and reducing participation in far-flung U.N. or U.S.-led missions. Sweden’s fruitless search for a submarine – dubbed by locals “The Hunt for Reds in October” – and...

On Oct. 28 President Petro Poroshenko, cadets and other officials took part in a flower- and wreath-laying ceremony in Kyiv to commemorate the 70th anniversary of when Soviet Ukraine was freed from Nazi Germany’s rule. …read more Source: The Globe and...